Where does “zat pengatur tumbuh” come from?

zat pengatur tumbuh (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian pengatur, from Indonesian peng-, from Malay peng-, from Malay -an, from English -ant, from Middle English -ant, from Old English -ende, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī — front.

zat pengatur tumbuh (Indonesian): plant growth regulator: organic compounds, either natural (phytohormones) or synthetic, that modify plant physiological processes at very low concentrations

Definitions

  1. plant growth regulator: organic compounds, either natural (phytohormones) or synthetic, that modify plant physiological processes at very low concentrations

Ancestry of “zat pengatur tumbuh”, step by step

zat pengatur tumbuh traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian pengatur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpengaturregulator
2Indonesianpeng-actor, instrument, or someone characterized by...
3Malaypeng-actor, instrument, or someone characterized by...
4Malay-anSuffix for collectivity; Suffix for similarity;...
5English-antThe agent noun derived from verb; An adjective...
6Middle English-ant
7Old English-endeequivalent of English -ing; suffix for present...
8Proto-West Germanic*-andī
9Proto-Germanic-andz
10Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
11Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
12Hungarianönyou
13Hungarianön-self-
14Turkishönfront

via Indonesian zat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianzatsubstance
2Malayzat
3Classical Malayzatsubstance
4Arabicذَاتbeing, essence, substance, nature

via Indonesian tumbuh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantumbuhto grow
2Malaytumbuhto grow
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tumbuh
Every word from Turkish önEvery word from Malay -anEvery word from Malay peng-